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boys and six girls, which took place in the workhouse,
which addition, however, does not alter the
rate. This is a little higher than the rate last year,
which was 30.7, but is scarcely up to the average of
previous years. The birth rate for the country
generally for the year was 29.5. The births registered
in each of the last six years were as follows,
viz.:—
bate fob the yeah.
1890 1,811 . 29.48
1891 2,059 33.1
1892 2,085 31.7
1893 2,252 32.5
1894 2,264 30.7
1895 2,469 31.1
It will thus be seen that the rate for this year
is very near the average of those six years.
Illegitimate Births.—Boys, 28; girls, 26;
total, 54, being 2*1 per cent, of total births.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered in the
District during the year was 1,084: males, 500;
females, 584, equal to a rate of 13.6 per 1,000. To
this number must be added the number of deaths in
public institutions outside the District of persons
belonging to it. There were 46 deaths in the workhouse,
six of children under five years of age and
40 of people over five years of age: males, 22 ;
females, 24. The deaths in lunatic asylums were